Public Advocate and mayoral contender Bill de Blasio’s crew was also booed after a staffer chanted through a megaphone, “Mission accomplished. Thanks, Bill de Blasio.”

Many Rockaway residents saw the parade as a sign of their neighborhood’s recovery.

“This town really needed this parade, just to show the world that this hurricane is not going to keep us down,” said Nick Muro, 49, a plumber. “We’re looking forward to the bands, the bagpipers — they’re really just pumping us all back up,” he added. “We needed this parade just to show the world that this hurricane is not going to keep us down.”